Samaria by the Sea

Gigilos

"Estaba en este hotel muy acogedor y amistoso durante 3 noches. Mi habitación estaba lista tan pronto como llegó en el ferry de la mañana de Loutro. El uso de camas solares para los huéspedes del hotel fue un gran bonus, como el maravilloso restaurante y el personal siempre útil. El hotel está muy bien situado, y el hotel está muy bien situado."

Livikon by the Sea

"First of all, we booked our room from hotels and it said we were getting tge suite which was a bit bigger, but when we got there we were told that all room sizes are the same basically. So if you are planning to book here, book the cheapest option you get. If you are going by car and you will put in the GPS Livikon by the sea as we did, you will not get any results. Better write: from Samaria to Livikon. It will take you there to Chora Sfakion. When you get there there is no entrance directly to the hotel because it's on the beach in front of restaurants only for pedestrians. You should park at the Square and the guy from the reception will give you a card so you can have free parking or else they have one or two spots you can park behind the hotel if they are available. Every room is Sea view, the beds are comfortable, the shower has good pressure and it's big enough. Not big, but big enough. There is shower gel in shower and a small fridge in the main area. We had an issue with the air condition but they immediately took care of it and changed our room. It was good that we had air-condition in both rooms since we were three people (other places in Crete have only one air condition for the bedroom and main area of the apartment). There is no elevator to the rooms. The rooms are located above some restaurants, patisserie,  mini market,  so we had everything we needed on our feet. We were treated with refreshments upon arrival which was nice of the lovely lady at the reception. There is a boat nearby (booked with Deligiannis boats-you pay on the boat) that took us to Loutro which I looooved! I said that next time I would book at least a night to stay at Loutro and enjoy the calmness it offers! In general I would book Livikon again! "

VENTUS Luxury Suites

"Perfect location in this corner of heaven. From check in to check out the service was amazing. The room was lovely, comfy bed, kitchen and awesome shower. Don’t use the hot tub but with a beach on the doorstep why would you!"

Sfakian Horizon

"Horizons is a series of rooms and two roomed apartments at the very back of Chora Sfakion: excellent for view but a hard walk down to the main village. We had a two roomed apartment. Ghastly bathroom: small shower area - hand-held shower- stickty shower curtain. One doublebed bedroom with TV, very poor lighting but with access to private balcony: another room with a poorly fitted (cheap?) kitchen area, some ill-made upright chairs ( the backs were not fitted correctly), one day bed and a TV. Breakfast was a buffet with coffee /tera. orange juice (good), four sorts of bread (fresh) cereals, fresh melon, yoghurt, honey and orange jam, spanokopita or tiropita, cucumberm olives, tomato, little apple turnovers, rizogala, and hard boiled eggs, hot scrambled eggs and hot bacon. Well presented. We paid 90 euros cash per night for the two of us to use an apartment and have breakfast. not bad value for money. The snag for us was that to get to a room you needed to walk down stairs. These are Cretan stairs: no handrail and there was no overwhelming willingness to help with our bags. (I am elderly and find stairs very difficult). However while there was no offer to help us load our car when we left, no praise could be too hogh for the ladies who cleaned our apartment daily. Excellent service"

Sweet Corner Masxali

"At night we were bitten by bedbugs in bed, and there were many cockroaches running around the floor. In the restaurant we found a cockroach in a plate and choked on a hair. The hotel and restaurant are in terrible unsanitary conditions. We were very afraid that we would catch a disease that these insects carry. The hotel and restaurant require complete sanitization. Get rid of them!"

Fata Morgana Studios & Apartments

"We had a wonderfull time at Fata Morgana. Beautiful appartments, clean and complete. The view is great! The help and service of the owners was warm and more then we could imagine."

Daskalogiannis Hotel

"We absolutely loved our three night stay here, even though the weather wasn’t kind to us. Our twin bedded room (#7), on the second floor, was really large with a lovely balcony looking straight across at the mountains as they spectacularly tumble down to the water’s edge below. The beds were comfortable and the ensuite, whilst not swish, was fine with plenty of hot water and the usual complimentary toiletries, as well as some unexpected extras including a dental kit and shaving kit. Breakfast was a simple and unhurried affair - actually, I think everything about Crete and its people is wonderfully unhurried! - sitting alongside the crystal clear water and enjoying freshly prepared orange juice, gorgeous Greek yoghurt with fresh fruit and a selection of pastries, bread and jams. Eggs were also available on request. The quality of the breakfast was excellent. Service was very good, although we were surprised to find that our bedding was changed after two nights (we were only staying for one more night). Bizarrely, though, only the bottom sheet had been changed and the top sheet and throw had been left on the bed, folded up, for us to re-make! We weren't sure if this was the norm or whether it was an oversight by housekeeping; it made us smile, though! We found the staff to be so helpful and friendly, with special mention to Ioanna who insisted on carrying our suitcases down the jetty when we were preparing to leave and catch the ferry (the ferries pull in directly across from the hotel, as well). Pavlos (not sure if I have remembered his name correctly) is quite a character and interesting to talk to, even if he does have to compete with his vocal sidekick, Coco the parrot! We had a fabulous stay here and Loutro really is a very special place although, apart from hiking in the mountains, swimming in the water or taking a boat somewhere, there’s little to do other than relax which is exactly what we did. A stay in Loutro, even in the rain (!!) really does offer the perfect antidote to stressful living and the Daskalogiannis Hotel is the perfect place to stay."

John Akroyiali

"The hôtel is horrible, the rooms are dirty and unconfortable, the ladies at réception were smoking near my window although I told them that I have a health problem they ignored me and they were very rude to me, horrible expérience I advice not to go to this place"